Hat holder



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Patented May 6, 1924.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CORNELL FLAGS'IAD, OI MINIQEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

EAT HOLDER.

Application filed .Tune 4, 1921, Serial 1T0. 475,118. v Renewed August 29, 1923.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CORNELL FLAGSTAD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Minneapolis, in the county of Hennepin and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hat Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to hat holding vices and the main object is to provide a simple, efiicient and practical construction of hat holder especially and particularly adapted for use in holding hats up against the underside of automobile tops where they will be out of the way of the riders. Further objects will be disclosed in the course of the followin specification and are clearly illustrated in t e accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a bottom or plan view of a preferred form of my hat holder complete, showing it as secured to the bow of an automobile top.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the device .as shown in Fig. 1.

Figs. 3, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 19 and 20 are enlarged detail views showing modifications in the construction of the end brackets.

Figs. 4, 17, 18 and 21 are detail views showin modifications in the construction of the at clamping member.

Figs. 5, 6, 13, 14, 15 and 16 are detail views showing modificationsinthe construction of the main body member of the device.

Fig. 7 is a detail section on the line 7-7 in Fig. 5.

Referring to the drawings by reference characters A designates one of the supporting bows of an automobile top or cover B.

The hat holder consists of a main body member 25 which is secured to the underside of the bow A by end brackets 26, which are either screwed or clamped to the bow. The body member 25 is provided with two projecting ears 27 in which is pivotally secured as at 28 the rear end of a hat clamping member 30, formed preferably of wire. Two parallel portions 31 connect the end portions 29 to the hat engaging part 30, and these parallel portions are both engaged by projecting ears 32 of a clamping piece 33 provided with angular side projections 34 which hinge on the cross piece 29 of the clamping member. A coil spring 35 is positioned on the piece 29 and has one end engageable against the body member 25 while the other end bears against the rear part of the clamping piece. 33. so that the cars 32 will yieldingly press the hat holdmg member 30 up against the bow A or the body member 25.

The hat holding member 30 is preferably bifurcated as shown in Figs. 1, 4 and 21; having its ends either straight, as in Fig. 21, or bent slightly out or in as shown respectlvely in Figs. 4 and 1; or, it may be formed into a continuous loop as shown in Fig. 17 and indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 21. The last mentioned figure is merely shown to illustrate how the bifurcated holder may be readily formed into a looped holder, if so desired. It is desirable, however, with any style of member 30 to form it with a bent back resilient loop 36 which will contact directly with the rim ofv the hat close to the crown thereof. This loop 36 is spaced from the rest of the member 30 so that if a hat with a rolled rim is inserted (see dotted lines in Fig. 2) it will not be pressed or held out of shape. In Figs. 17 and 18 (the latter being an edge View of the former) is illustrated how the 100 36 may be provided with a fabric or rub 1' covering 37, which will prevent any injury to the hat due to its coming in contact with the metal.

At a short distance from and within the loop 36 the body 25 is provided with an offset 38 which serves to engage against the inner or sweat band of the hat and hold it in a uniform position in the holder and prevent it from slipping out. It will also cause the loop 36 to rest against the fiat part of the hat rim next to the crown so that a rolled rim will not be disfigured, as before mentioned.

In the modifications of the body member, as shown in Figs. 5, 6, 13, 14, 15 and 16, the projecting or ofi'set portions 39, 4O serve the samepurpose as does the offset 38 in Figs. 1 and 2.

In Figs. 13 to 16, inclusive, it may be noted that the body members have a primary ofl'set as at 57, the object being to enable the holder to hold hats which have a rim turned downward, or opposite to the rim indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 2, so that the rim will rest in proper shape between the hat clamping member and the art 58. It will further be noted that the .ody members shown in these figures are broken partly away, which will indicate that they may be long enough to extend across the hat, so that it will be held against the body and not touch the bow, if so desired.

The ends ofthe body member 25 may be secured to the brackets 26 in a number of different fashions, and the brackets themselves may be made in a variety of styles so that they may in turn be secured in various ways to the bow A. 'In Figs. 13 to 16, inclusive, it may be noted that no brackets are used, the body member's/themselves being provided with holes or eyelets 41, in which screws may be inserted. This styie of holder, however, applicable almost exclusively to closed cars such as sedans and coups, where a comparatively fiat ceiling is found. A problem is met, however, in open cars where a top is supported by bows, as such bows are usually placed at various angles, and consequently if the holder is screwed directly on them it will not rest parallel with the cover B. To overcome this difliculty I make the body 25 adjustably securable on the brackets 26 so that it can be tilted and secured in any position desired. This is preferably done by providing the vertical portions of the brackets with curved slots 42 in which and in the body members screws or bolts 43 are inserted. In Figs. 9 and 10 the ends of the body members 38 are pivotally secured by screws 44 and are adjustably securable by screws or bolts 45 inserted in either slots 46 or selectively in one of the holes 47. When a wire body, such as shown in Figs. 5 and 6, is used,- it is found desirable to use brackets of the type shown in Fig. 11, in which the slots 42 and clamping fingers 48, adapted to clamp the bow, are all formed from one piece of wire.

The brackets may be screwed onto the bow by being constructed as in Figs. 19 and 20, but are preferably made in one of the styles shown in Figs. 1 to 3 and 8 to 12, inclusive. In Figs. 1, 2, 8-, 9, 10 and 12 stationary gripping fingers 49 engage against one side of the bow while a knurled set screw 50 engages the other side. In Fig. 8 the finger 49 is shown as corrugated the better to make it stay in place, while in Fig. 12 the same result is obtained by providing a finger 51 adapted to engage over the top of the bow. In Fig. 3 the finger 49 is made integral with the bracket but a second coacting gripping finger 52 is slidably secured to the bracket and made adjustable by a set screw 53.

In Figs. and 2 is shown a finger bail 54 adapted to be conveniently engaged b the rider of the car when he desires to lbwer the hat clamping member to remove or in sert a hat. In the event that a hat clamping member such as shown in Figs. 17 and 18 is used it is found desirable to form adownward curve 55 for the same reason.

Although several modifications have been shown in the drawings, as above described, it is understood that further modifications in the details and general construction of the holder may be made, provided, however, that they come within the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

Having now therefore fully shown and described my invention what I claim to be new and desire to protect by Letters Patent is:

1. A device of the class described consisting of a body member having brackets at both ends adapted to be secured to the underside of an automobile to means for tiltably securing the body mem er to the brackets so that the former will tilt on a longitudinal center and a hat clamping member mounted on the body member.

2. A device of the class described consisting of a body member, means for tiltabl securing the body member to the undersid s of an automobile top, so that it may tilt on a longitudinal center a spring actuated clamping member pivotally mounted at one end to the body member, and means at its other end for yieldably holding a hat.

3. A device of the class described consisting of a main body member, brackets at both ends of the body member for securing it under the bow of an automobile top, means for tiltably and releasably securing the body member to the brackets so that the former may tilt on a longitudinal axis, and means for clamping a hat onto the body member.

4. A device of the class described consisting of a body member adapted to be secured to the underside of an automobile top, a hat clamping member having one end pivotally mounted to the body member and being adapted to engage a hat with its other end, the intermediate part comprising two parallel side portions, a spring actuated clamping piece trunnioned on the pivoted end of the clamping member, and lateral extensions of the clamping piece engageable with the side portions of the clamping member so as to hold the latter in normally upward position.

5. A device of the. class described consisting of a body member adapted to be secured to the underside of an automobile top, a hat clamping member having one end pivotally mounted to the body member and being adapted to engage a hat with its other end, the intermediate part comprising two parallel side portions, a clamping piece trunnioned on the pivoted end of the clamping member, said clamping piece having a pair of lateral integral ears, each engageable with one of said parallel side portions of the clamping member, and a spring adapted to actuate the clamping piece so as to cause said ears to yieldingly press against the said parallel clamping member portions.

6. A device of the class described consisting of a body member adapted to be secured to the underside of an automobile top, a hat clamping member adapted to engage and hold a hat with its forward end, the rear end of the clamping member consisting of a transverse portion pivotally secured to the body member, a clamping piece trunnioned on said transverse portion and having lateral ears for engaging both sides of the clamping member simultaneously, and a spring coiled about the said transverse portion, one end of the spring being engageable with the body member and the other end being engageable with the clamping piece.

7. A hat holding device comprising a frame having means for securing it to the bow of a vehicle top or similar rigid object,

a fork shaped arm pivoted to the frame to swing to and from the same, and a spring holding said fork normally against the frame, said fork having two tines or arms adapted to straddle the crown of a hat and hold its brim pinched to the frame said frame having an offset forming an obstruction arranged to engage with the hat and prevent its moving out of the fork.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

CORNELL FLAGSTAD. 

